How many FA QBs sign with a team after the draft and then never stick on a roster? That number has to be very sizable.

that's just it... in my quick/dirty bit of math, I assumed an average of 2.5 stick every year with the team for at least a year. that's NOT including those that sign but don't stick--if you double that, it's 230 since 1967. hell, it could even be more than that.

that's just it... in my quick/dirty bit of math, I assumed an average of 2.5 stick every year with the team for at least a year. that's NOT including those that sign but don't stick--if you double that, it's 230 since 1967. hell, it could even be more than that.

I'm sorry but I think that number is way out of whack.

You'd have to prove it instead of speculate for me to believe that, especially since there have only been a total of 69 QB's taken in the seventh round since 1967.

In rounds two, three and four you're talking 55, 57 and 67 respectively.

I can't imagine a number like 230 guys making a roster as undrafted or late round picks, especially in the days when football players worked normal jobs out of season.

that's just it... in my quick/dirty bit of math, I assumed an average of 2.5 stick every year with the team for at least a year. that's NOT including those that sign but don't stick--if you double that, it's 230 since 1967. hell, it could even be more than that.

Yep, the numbers are indeed staggering.

Take '13 as an example. In the draft, 11 QBs were selected. After the draft 19 UDFA QBs signed with teams.

Multiply this out and consider the odds of becoming a "franchise QB" when starting as an UDFA are abysmal.

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I wonder which is correct? I'd tend to lean towards that site over Wiki.

Could you imagine if Staubach had signed with the Chiefs? Dawson and Staubach on the same roster?

It would have been a nice transition at the end of Dawson's career into Staubach's. Remember the only reason he lasted until he did was because he was a Naval officer and had to serve 5 years in Vietnam before he could play football.